“Oh! This was the happiest day of my
life!” With these words, Queen Victoria described her wedding day
in her diary – 10 February 1840, writing up the event for the day’s
entry from Windsor Castle. It marked the beginning of her marriage
to her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The opposite
date of this ecstatic exhortation of joy on behalf of the Queen was
unquestionably 14…
When the Prince of Wales and the Duchess
of Cornwall announced their engagement in February 2005 they wasted
no time in setting a date or venue for their marriage. They
immediately told the world they would marry in April that year in a
civil ceremony at Windsor Castle…
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been
sharing more details of their marriage with just over two months to
go until they say ‘I do’. The couple are promising a ‘moment of fun
and joy’ so to get in that celebratory spirit, Royal Central
rounds up everything we…
In the magnificent twelfth-century Gothic
cathedral church of Roskilde on the island of Zealand, thirty-nine
Kings and Queens of Denmark are buried. One Danish queen, however,
is missing – and by no mere accident or fluke of history. Members
of the Royal House of Denmark that she knew, such as her formidable
stepmother-in-law, Queen Juliana Marie, are at Roskilde, as is, of
course, her one-time…
How important are the Royal Family to the
idea of Britishness today? That’s one of the questions raised by a
set of coins which go into circulation in the UK on March 1st 2018.
The Royal Mint has launched a series of new ten pence pieces– 26 in
all, created to form an…
The Duchess of Cambridge has become the
patron of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
(RCOG). She’s just the second patron of the organization but her
new role is the continuation of a long association between the
college and the Royal Family. To mark the…
Following the death of Prince
Henrik, rumours that Queen Margrethe II of Denmark will abdicate
have once again began circulating. These rumours have been around
for some years stating that The Queen of Denmark would abdicate in
favour of her eldest son and heir, Crown Prince Frederik, mostly
due to her advanced age and the very high popularity of both the
Crown Prince and his wife, Crown Princess…
For or against? Should Dame Anna Wintour have removed her sunglasses when meeting The Queen?
21st February 2018
Yesterday, The Queen made a surprise
appearance at London Fashion Week where she sat front row next to
Editor-in-Chief of Vogue, Dame Anna Wintour. Many were quick to
point out that Dame Anna did not remove her sunglasses when meeting
Her Majesty. Was this a breach in…
On Wednesday, King Harald of Norway turns
81-years-old. There will be no big celebration like last year, but
a private celebration with friends and the closest family. On the
occasion of the King of Norway’s birthday, we will look at the not
so well known history of…
On 1 August 1832, the thirteen-year-old
Princess Victoria of Kent made her first entry into her diary; it
was a diary, as she described it on its title page, which had been
given to her by her mother, the Duchess of Kent, at Kensington
Palace the day before. Bound in red, the diary bears the stamp of
her name in gilt letters: “H.R.H The Princess Victoria”; it had
been given to her so…
